BoxCar Willie to headline Ottawa fund-raiser show
BoxCar Willie Branson country star will perform at 7:30 p.m. Saturday Feb 17 at the Ottawa Municipal Auditorium to raise funds for the auditorium. Tickets cost 25 to 10 dollars with student discounts. box office hours are 12:30 to 5:30 p.m. weekdays. Local sponsors include Cook's Service Master/Taylor Brothers Construction.
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oxCar Willie
Bivens
Branson
Ottawa Municipal Auditorium
Dick Smith
OMA
Cook's Service
Masters/Taylor Brothers Construction
Kids Count report shows Franklin County youth trends
The Kids Count survey by Southeast Kansas Education Service in 1994 shows Franklin County youth alcohol use at 19.4 percent, ranking in the bottom 10 percent of Kansas counties. Drug use rose to 22.9 percent, above the state average, while teen births fell to 7.8 percent in 1994. Ottawa High School reports an 85.4 percent graduation rate in 1995 amid a declining dropout rate under 5 percent, with efforts like alternative schools and adviser-based monitoring to keep at-risk students in school.
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Southeast Kansas Education Service
Franklin County
Kansas
Franklin
Ottawa
Gary Mavity
OHS
Mavity
Maiity
Franklin numbers compare 1994 Kids Count results
1994 Franklin figures show shifts in child welfare metrics. Free school meal eligibility 22.6 percent, economic assistance 20.1 percent, infant mortality 9.4 per 1000 births, early prenatal care 86.2 percent, immunization 52.7 percent, low birth weight 6.3 percent, Head Start 20.9 percent, child care slots 23.5 per 100, high school graduates pursuing postsecondary 65.8 percent, births to mothers with less than high school 17.9 percent, out of home placement 9.3 per 1000, teen violent death 73.8 per 100000, with several changes from 1989–1993 baselines.
Legislature mulls flexible funding for state universities
Gov Graves touted an austere but fair budget as lawmakers opened the session and the Ways and Means Committee heard a plan to give universities operating grants funded by tuition revenue. The reform aims for greater fiscal control by the Regents, while bond requests for a $163 million campus rehab program await viability checks.
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Graves
Ways and Means
Board of Regents
Vic
Regents
House Appropriations Committee
Kerr
Debate over panel for blacks resumes in Kansas
Topeka activists urge creation of a Commission on African-American Affairs and critique the state for not addressing minority concerns. Sonny Scroggins notes housing, unemployment, and crime discrimination as gaps while the Hispanic Affairs advisory panel remains in limbo amid funding questions.
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Sonny Scroggins
Topeka
Scroggins
Bias Busters of
Kansas
Nation of Islam
Louis Farrakhan
House
Senate Governmental Organization Committee
Human Rights Commission
Commission On
Bill Graves
Franklin
Hispanic Affairs Committee
Commission
Weather outlook for Kansas extends mild period
The forecast notes extended mild conditions in Kansas from Monday through Wednesday with dry days Monday and Tuesday and a chance of rain on Wednesday. Lows range from 25 to 30 degrees in the northwest to mid 30s elsewhere. Highs span upper 40s to 50s on Monday, around 60 in the southwest Tuesday and Wednesday, with cooler readings elsewhere.
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Kansas
Tower
Blizzard aftershocks push East into ice and snow
A storm from the South to New England brings snow and freezing rain, closing schools and roads. In Pittsburgh two buses collide killing one and injuring dozens, Dulles briefly shuts after a taxiing jet skid, and two boys die after slipping into ice-filled water in South Carolina. Roof collapses injure shoppers on Long Island amid ice buildup.
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Associated Press
New England
Pittsburgh
Washington
Dulles International
South Carolina
New York
Long Island
German doctor arrested outside Diana's gym in London
Dr Klaus Wagner, 37, a German physician, was arrested outside the Harbor Club in London for obstructing a highway after displaying placards praising Princess Diana. He told reporters he sought the job of press secretary to monitor press coverage. Diana was not present, police said.
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London
Diana
Klaus Wagner
Wagner
Harbor Club
Press Association
Community events and health notices from Franklin County
Weekend recycling hours and a ceramics shop opening in Ottawa with class listings. Martin Luther King Jr program with speaker Lewis A. Dinguid and youth violence discussion featured by KC Star. Kiwanis pancake day at Ottawa Middle School with all you can eat options. Health Dept offers kindergarten and pre school physicals. office closed Jan 13 to 15 for King holiday.
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Martin Luther King, JR
Sun
OMA
Lewis A. Dinguid
Assoc
KC Star
Kiwanis
Man
Ottawa Middle School
Franklin Co. Health Dept
Martin Luther King
TV specials explore violence and life in prison on KTVU
Topeka viewers will see two PBS In the Mix episodes on January 28 at 5 p.m. The programs focus on school violence and life inside a northeastern prison, with free classroom discussion guides available from Cindy Barry at KTWU.
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Topeka
KTVU
Channel 11
Ottawa
PBS
Cindy Barry
KTWU
1700 College
Booklist picks 1995 Ottawa Library editor selections
The Booklist Editor's Choice 1995 highlights top adult fiction and non fiction titles. Bruce Olds's Raising Holy Hell profiles abolitionist John Brown blending fact and fiction. David Herbert Donald's Lincoln tops adult non fiction, and Sherman Alexie debuts Reservation Blues about Coyote Springs.
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Booklist
Ottawa
Bruce Olds
John Brown
Lincoln
David Herbert Donald
Sherman Alexie
Coyote Springs
Walter Mosley
Soupspoon Wise
Sabbath
Philip Roth
Morris
Mickey” Sabbath
Roth
Ottawa Herald Subscription Rates 1905 All Regions
Rates for delivery to Ottawa and rural areas vary by carrier and distance. Prices cover one month to one year, with state and out of state mail options. all rates are in advance and include sales tax where applicable. Address changes should be sent to The Ottawa Herald in Ottawa Kansas.
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Knae Tayloe
Ahiaree
RSA
Ladd
Delia
Mary Wesley
London
Jonathan Kozol
Ottawa
Chang Ottawa
Franklin County
Miami
Douglas
Osage
Anderson
State of Kansas
The
Ottawa Herald
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